New guidelines for fighting multidrug-resistant organisms.

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      UNITED States
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      CENTERS for Disease Control & Prevention (U.S.)
    • Abstract:
      The article focuses on the guidelines issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for preventing the transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in various health care settings. Such MDROs include methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, and certain Gram-negative bacteria. It has been pointed out that hand hygiene and other basic infection control practices are the first line of defense against the spread of any type of bacteria.